Ironing-board attachment.



PATBNTED MAR. 22, 1904.

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' I F. K. SMALL.

IRONING BOARD ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 18, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented March 22, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE. Y

FRED K. SMALL, OF LISBON FALLS, MAINE.

lRONlNG-BOARD ATTACHMENT- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,065, dated March 22, 1904.

Application filed July 18,1903. $eria1Nq. 166,143- (No model) To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED K. SMALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lisbon Falls,in the county of Androscoggin and State of Maine,have invented a new and useful Ironing-Board Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ironing boards or tables, and has for its object to produce a means whereby a sleeve-board may be detachably connected to an ironing board, table, or similar support and from which it may be detached when not in use; and the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described, and specified in the claims.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention, in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of an ironing-board with one of the improved sleeve-boards connected therewith. Fig. 2 is a sectional detail illustrating the manner of connecting the parts. Fig. 3 is a'perspective view of the supporting-standard detached.

The improved device may be attached to any of the various forms of ironing-tables or ironing-boards and may also be attached to tables, stands, or other supports, but for the purpose of illustration is shown applied to a'conventional form of ironing-board, (represented at 10.) The member 10 will be provided at the. point where the sleeve-board is to be attached with a cavity 11, and over this cavity a plate 12 is attached, as by screws or rivets, and provided with an elongated aperture 13, the plate 2 being attached with the longer diameter of the aperture transversely of the board 10, as shown.

The sleeveboard is represented at 14 of the usual shape or of any desired modified shape and is provided with a depending supporting member 15 in the form of a standard, having an apertured head 16 adapted for attachment to the sleeve-board, as by screws, and with the other end formed with a T-head 17, the arms of theT extending longitudinally of the member 14:, as shown. The supporting member 15 is reduced in diameter next to the portion 17 to form a neck 18. The neck 18 will equal in diameter the width of the aperture 13, and the T-head 17 will equal the length and width of the aperture, so that when the member 14: is turned at right angles to the member 10 the T -head may be entered into the cavity 11 through the aperture 13, and then when the sleeve-board is turned into longitudinal alinement with the board 10 the ends of the T-head will extend crosswise of the aperture beneath the plate 12 and effectually prevent the removal of the sleeve-board. The member 15 above the neck 18 is enlarged to form a shoulder, which will extend above the adjacent edges of the aperture 13 and limit the downward movement of the member 15 to hold the T-head out of contact with the soft wood of the board. 10.

The member 15, together with its end portions 16 and17, will be of metal and will be of a size sufficient to resist the strains to which it will be subjected and of a length sufiicient to support the sleeve-board the proper distance above the ironing-board 10.

Depending from and secured to the sleeveboard 14: adjacent to the supporting member 15 are suitable stay members 19, adapted to engage the member 10 and assist in sustaining the weight of the sleeve-board and prevent sagging when in. use. The stay members may be of any desired size, and any desired number may be employed. The sleeve-board may thus be quickly connected to the member 10 when required and as quickly detached when not in use and will not detract from or interfere with the ordinary use of the member 10, as the only attachment which will be required for the latter will be the small apertured plate 12, with the recess 11 beneath it. As before stated, the sleeve-board may be attached to any supporting-body to which the slotted plate 12 can be connected, which will generally be an ironing board or table; but I do not desire to be limited to any specific form of the supporting-body, but reserve the right to the use of the device in any locality and for any purpose to which it is adapted.

The recess ll'and plate 12 will preferably be located at or near the left-handnd of the ironing-board beyond the blanket, but may be located at any other point, if required.

It will be obvious by this arrangement that the sleeve-board may be turned at a considerable angle to the ironing-board 10 without releasing the T-head 17 from the slot 13, which is of great advantage under certain circumstances.

Having thus described the invention, I claim- I 1. An ironing-table having a socket with a covering-plate therefor having an elongated aperture, in combination With a sleeve-board having a supporting-standard terminating in a T-head with the arms thereof extending longitudinally of said sleeve-board, and with a reduced neck adjacent to said arms corresponding in diameter to said aperture and adapted for insertion in said socket when said sleeveboard is turned at right angles to said table, the standard being enlarged adjacent said neck to form a supporting-shoulder for holding said T-head out of engagement with the bottom of the table-socket.

2. A supporting-standard having an apertured plate extending laterally from one end and provided at its other end with a T-head with the arms thereof extending at right angles to said apertured plate, said standard having a reduced neck portion adjacent the arms of said head and a laterally-extending shoulder formed at the juncture of the body of the standard and the neck to provide means for engaging a supporting-surface.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRED K. SMALL.

Witnesses:

BELLE L. SMALL, EDMUND L. GOULD. 

